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What was happening when Antigone was created? 

Was its creation influenced by any specific historical events?

I couldn't find much on what was going on but i found this text from a website about Sophocles i learnt about power and how wealth was important i also found out in the time this time there was a lot of competition, men fought others to gain respect- 


His father, Sophilus, a man of wealth he gave him the benefit of all the literary accomplishment of the age. His powers were developed and refined by a careful instruction in the arts of music and poetry. That he was a comely and agile youth is shown by his selection, at the age of sixteen, to lead with dance and lyre the chorus which celebrated his country's triumph at Salamis.

 His dramatic career was marked by a victory in competition with Aeschylus, under exceptional circumstances. The remains of the hero Theseus were being removed by Cimon from the isle of Scyros to Athens, at the time of a tragic contest which had excited unusual interest on account of the fame of the older and the popularity of the younger candidate. Instead of choosing judges by lot, the archon administered the oath to Cimon and his colleagues, asking them to decide between the rival tragedians. The first prize was awarded to Sophocles, greatly to the disgust of the veteran dramatist, who soon afterward departed for Sicily. For more than sixty years after this event Sophocles continued to compose and exhibit tragedies and satyric dramas.